Alpha Instinct 1 by Reus Katie

Author:Reus, Katie [Reus, Katie]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Fiction, Paranormal, General
ISBN: 9781101574911
Publisher: Signet
Published: 2012-02-07T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Ana looked down at Vivian as she opened the front door. “You didn’t eat anything in the house this morning, did you?”

The little girl shook her head.

“Good. Don’t run off. Okay? I want you to stay with me while we stop at all the houses. After we check the food, I’ll get you breakfast, but I want to test it first.” She shut the door behind them and started to ascend the steps.

“Silver won’t hurt me anyway.”

Ana frowned at Vivian’s quiet declaration. “What?”

The little girl’s shoulders lifted. “I’m a jaguar.”

“Oh … right.” She was embarrassed she’d forgotten that silver didn’t affect felines. If Vivian was going to stay with them, Ana realized there was a lot more she needed to learn about her. “You still stick close to me anyway. Okay?”

“Is Carmen going to die?”

Ana’s throat seized at the question. She couldn’t lose her sister. Not either of them. The fates had been cruel the past couple months but they wouldn’t be brutal enough to take her younger sisters away. Not now. Not when their lives were finally starting to turn around. They had a new Alpha, and Carmen was finally looking to settle down with a mate. That thought warmed her more than she’d imagined. She just wanted her sisters to be happy and safe. Ana shook her head sharply. “No one is going to die.” If she said the words enough and believed them, maybe it would be true.

“Ana!”

She turned at the sound of her cousin screaming her name. “Come on,” she murmured to Vivian. They jogged across the grass toward Isabel.

Though they were the same age, her dark-haired packmate looked as if she’d aged overnight. “It’s … it’s—” She broke off sobbing. The sound was raw and uncontrolled and pierced Ana’s heart.

Isabel was a beta and didn’t handle stress as well, but Ana had never seen her like this, not even when her parents and brothers had died. A frisson of cold fear curled through Ana. She hooked her arm around Isabel’s waist to steady her and held her packmate tight. By the way Isabel shook, she feared her cousin would collapse. “Come on, Isabel. Talk to me.” She kept her voice low and soothing.

“Behind … house …” She pointed an unsteady finger toward their brick home.

Ana looked around and realized a few more members of the pack had exited their homes. She also noticed Noel exiting the barn with one of the males, but she brushed the detail aside. Gently, she unhooked her arm from Isabel, then looked at the little cub. “You stay here with Isabel and watch out for her. Okay? Don’t go anywhere.”

Vivian nodded solemnly. “I promise.”

With everything going on she didn’t like letting the cub out of her sight, but they were on a ranch surrounded by shifters, and besides, she wasn’t sure what was actually behind the house. Even though she knew Vivian should be safe for a few minutes, her sister should have been safe in her own home

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